I understand what is happening but I am not sure I understand your
concerns. Seems to me there are a couple possible issues:
1. You don't want unauthorized people to see the content of protected
documents.
2. You don't want unauthorized people to modify protected documents.
Regarding #1 MS has had a lot of problems with this. For example it
was discovered that one could easily scavenge the tail end of
documents (past the end of file marker) and read parts of old
documents that had previously been written on the disk. Password
protection would not have addressed this problem. I think this was
subsequently fixed but the point is before you start protecting stuff
you need to figure out what you want to protect.
One solution which was alluded to previously is to encrypt documents.
This makes them unreadable unless you decrypt them. There is a free
solution 'PGP' (Pretty Good Privacy) which is free and available from
the GNU folks.
Another option might be to install a content management server like
CVS or Subversion. It would not only track the modifications but track
who made them. It would also allow one to freeze the document as
version 1. Then permit additional modification creating additional
versions at will. Should it every be desirable to recover Version 1 it
would be available. These types of server provide various levels of
security too.
In any case unless the user base never changes you are going to need a
password management system so that when someone leaves the group their
access to the files can be terminated. This is easier with a server
based system than a bunch of documents that are encrypted or password
protected.
On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Mike W. wrote:
I have a hybrid network with OOo on several workstations and
Microsoft on several. I am migrating to OOo from MS gradually. All
of the stored documents are in MS format and some are password
protected. When opened in MS the user is prompted for a password;
however, when opened in OOo the document opens! What's worse the
user is able to modify the original!
I am using the newest version of OOo. The MS versions are 2k3 Pro
and XP Pro for the most part. Any ideas how to fix the compatibility
(and security) issue?
Any info greatly appreciated.
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